By Q Radio News.
The Chief Medical Officer in the Republic of Ireland, Dr Tony Holohan is appealing to people with foreign holidays planned for this summer to cancel their flight and hotel bookings.
It comes as the National Public Health Emergency Team there said it was noticing a "worrying trend" of COVID-19 cases increasing here, and new clusters emerging.
24 new cases cases have been confirmed, bringing the total to 25,462.
At least six of the cases reported yesterday were associated with international travel.
There has been one travel-related cluster in the north-west of the country, linked with travel to Iraq.
Meanwhile, 6 new cases were confirmed in Northern Ireland.
Dr Holohan is calling on people with summer holidays planned to reconsider.
Speaking yesterday evening, he said: "We would like people not to travel.
"Some people will have made bookings, and I think it makes much more sense to not go ahead with that booking than to risk travelling abroad and picking up this infection.
"The risks [are] for you, for any family members who are travelling with you, or indeed any close contacts you would have when you come back... and then the risk that represents for us as a community and society."
Dr Holohan noted it's not just in people's individual interests, but in the collective interest.
He said the message for anyone who "might perceive the infection represents less of a risk for themselves" is to think of other people.
He also noted that many typical summer holiday destinations are "having ongoing challenges" with coronavirus, leading to health officials being "genuinely very concerned" about the risk of the virus being re-imported.
His comments come as the UK government consider an air bridge scheme which will allow travellers to go to certain foreign countries without having to isolate for two weeks, as is the case at the moment.
Countries on the initial list of the air bridge scheme include France, Spain and Italy.
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